Crocs at Magic Kingdom!?!

[jmarc63]

Originally posted by Married@WDW
And just to clarify (or actually to ask), someone stated earlier that all of the waterways at Disney are connected in someway. I didn't think this was the case. The ones by MK are connected and the ones by Epcot/MGM are connected, but those two sets never come together. Is that right?

This is true for the most part. If you look at an areial Photo of WDW you will be able to see this. However the connections are not direct meaning that if you you were to take a canoe on the canals you would zig zag around the property to get from one area to another. EPCOT and it's area is connected to one set of canals and the MK/Bay lake/Sevenseas area and Animal Kingdom is interconnected on a diffrent set af canals. It is a complicated setup if you are trying to trace them on the photo I have. There are some independant Lakes with no connections like the ones at Pop Cen and CBR

 

[MrPromey]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: American Crocodile

Originally posted by One Lil Spark


I have never seen this! Maybe, in October I'll go check it out... then again, Maybe NOT! Everytime I have looked at the "animals" in AK, they seem to have issues and never let me get a clear look at them.

Oh, this one is quite friendly. It lives in a cage that’s in a cramped little box of a room and if you are there at the right time, you can watch the trainer collect a urine sample. I’m pretty sure that they say that the poor thing is in transport but I’ve been there several times over periods of months and the sad animal which apparently doesn’t even have enough room to turn around is always there. I think they tell lies about the temporary storage to keep PETA off their backs. It’s sad, I mean really sad. Sort of reminds me of going to the fair and going into the tent to see “The World’s Largest Horse” as a sort of freak show where you go in and see a poor broken animal that is displayed like a freak show never being able to run free or stretch it’s legs. Maybe we should start a petition to free the Triceratops! Who’s with me?!

 

[WDWGarden]

Originally posted by Married@WDW
We have family in security and retail management at MK and both said the same thing -- Disney doesn't want to try getting them out during the day when guests are in the parks, and at night, they can't seem to find them, so unless they see them as a danger, they're just leaving them alone. We did watch the bigger one following the raft back and forth to the island. It was a little creepy.

That's right. Pest Management relocates gators if they are found in areas where they could come in contact with guests. In the park, they try to do it at night if at all possible...this sort of action tends to draw a crowd. They release them out in the undeveloped areas of property.

I saw one at Yacht & Beach in the pond under the walkway to the convention center. It was kind of cool!

 

[jcmayid]

Okay, just to let everyone know that Florida is full of Aligators all over, they roam. They can be removed without activists going crazy. There are several companies that do this. If animal rights activists would complain about this, they would also complain about having possums and raccoons removed from property. Also, one more note, best chances it was an aligator. But as Steve Irwin said the other day on Animal Planet, Florida is the only place in the world where you can find an aligator and a crocodile living in the same habitat. Crocodiles tend to stay closer to saltwater though, that is why they are mostly in the everglades.

BTW Maria, if they did do this to keep the duck numbers down. I'd almost gaurantee it was an aligator and not a crocodile. Crocodile's are extremely agressive, and not afraid of humans, whereas an aligator will probably leave when you get near it.

My 2 pennies!

 

[MrPromey]

Originally posted by jcmayid
But as Steve Irwin said the other day...

You know, I just don't understand that guy. He looks at the camera and talks about stuff that makes him seem really smart and then turns around and does something really stupid.

What can I say, I'm Mr. Obvious today.